After major averages extended their losses to start the week, stock futures continued their downward trend.

The stock market futures went in the opposite direction on Tuesday morning, falling after the Bank of Japan indicated that it will increase the yield target range.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures market experienced a loss of 236 points, or 0.72 percent. Futures contracts for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 both had a decline of 1.05% and 0.86%, respectively.

On Monday, ordinary trading on the Dow Jones Industrial Average resulted in a loss of more than 162 points, or around 0.5%. The S&P 500 had a loss of 0.9%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped almost 1.5%. The stock market is currently on track to finish the month and the year with a loss, and investors' expectations for a Santa Claus surge are rapidly diminishing.

There has been no sign of Santa Claus as of yet. Louis Navellier, the founder of the growth investing firm Navellier & Associates, once advised his clients to "buckle up." "One would want to think that all of the bad news has been reported at this point. The Federal Reserve is not going to make any additional movements until at least February. We are not gapping down, but we are most certainly not making up for the losses from the previous week.

Investors were beset by anxiety over the possibility that the Federal Reserve would bring about a recession in the economy. The benchmark interest rate was increased by the central bank by 50 basis points one week ago, and policymakers suggested that the terminal rate might rise as high as 5.1% if it continues to rise.

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised interest rates last week and stated that it anticipates additional rate hikes, which added to the pressure that was already being exerted on traders by other central banks that were acting in a hawkish manner.

According to Lawrence Gillum, a fixed income analyst at LPL Financial, "almost 90 percent of central banks have lifted interest rates this year, making the (mainly global) concerted effort unprecedented." "And the good news is... We believe that we are getting close to the end of these cycles of rate increasing, which could diminish the headwind that we have seen on global financial markets so far this year.

This week, just before the Christmas vacation, a select group of large firms will release the quarterly results of their operations. On Tuesday, before the opening bell, General Mills will disclose its earnings. Following the closing bell, FedEx and Nike are scheduled to disclose their earnings.

Data on home starts for the month of November will be released on the economy on Tuesday morning. This week should offer a wealth of new perspectives on the state of the housing market. On Wednesday, the data for sales of existing homes will be released, and on Friday, the data for sales of new homes will be released.

On Friday, the Federal Reserve will receive the data on personal consumption expenditures for November, which is a preferred gauge of inflation for the Fed.

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